M4A1 (75) W (China)

␗M4A1 (75) W

␗T-34 (1943)

␗Т-34-85 (S-53)

␗M4A1 (75) W

␗T-34 (1943)

␗Т-34-85 (S-53)

China

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
4.0	4.0	4.0

Class:

Medium tank

Research:13 000

Purchase:76 000

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Description

The ␗Medium Tank M4A1 (75) W Sherman is a rank III Chinese medium tank with a battle rating of 4.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".

General info

Survivability and armour

The M4A1 (75) W armour are indentical to that of M4A1 (76) W, turret and hull wise. Taking out a M4A1 (75) W is not a difficult task to do for most cannons it will face. It can take a few hits from Pz IIIs that are equipped with KwK39 (50 mm), Shermans equipped with M3 (75 mm) and T-34 and KV-1's equipped with the L-11 (76 mm) that will have a difficulty for reliable penetration on the M4A1 (75) W's armour. Meanwhile most guns above 3.7 battle rating will with ease penetrate the armour. But even up-gunned tanks can have a hard time penetrating it with the sloped armor the M4A1 models are shaped with.

Mobility

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Armaments

Main armament

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75 mm M3
Capacity			Vertical guidance	Horizontal guidance	Stabilizer
71			-10/25°		Vertical
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Mode	Stock	Upgraded	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade	28.9°/s	40.0°/s	__.__	__.__	__.__
Realistic	18.1°/s	21.3°/s	__.__	__.__	__.__
Reloading rate (seconds)
Stock	Prior + Full crew	Prior + Expert qualif.	Prior + Ace qualif.
6.5s	__.__	__.__	__.__

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration in mm @ 0° Angle of Attack
		10m	100m	500m	1000m	1500m	2000m
M72 shot	AP	91mm	88mm	78mm	67mm	57mm	49mm
M61 shot	APCBC	104mm	101mm	90mm	78mm	68mm	59mm
M48 shell	HE	10mm	10mm	10mm	10mm	10mm	10mm

Shell details
Ammunition	Velocity in m/s	Projectile Mass in kg	Fuse delay in m:	Fuse sensitivity in mm:	Explosive Mass in g (TNT equivalent):	Normalization At 30° from horizontal:	Ricochet:
							0%	50%	100%
M72 shot	619m/s	6.3kg	N/A	N/A	N/A	°	47°	60°	65°
M61 shot	618m/s	6.79kg	1.2m	14mm	63.7g	°	48°	63°	71°
M48 shell	463m/s	6.3kg	0.4m	0.5mm	666g	°	79°	80°	81°

Smoke characteristic
Ammunition	Velocity in m/s	Projectile Mass in kg	Screen radius in m	Screen time in s	Screen hold time in s:	Explosive Mass in g (TNT equivalent):
M89	259	3	13	5	20	50

Machine guns

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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Pros:

• Trolly sloped armour
• Effective APCBC shell
• Vertical Stabilizer
• Fast turret traverse
• Fast Reload
• Mobile when acceleration got enough speed
• HMG as Anti-Air Defence
• Wet Stowage

Cons:

• Narrow Tracks giving it not a adequate grip on the off-road terrain
• Trap shot MG in hull
• 38mm side that even rank I can penetrate
• High profile compared to other Mediums it faces
• armour not strong against tanks like Pz.IV G or T-34-57

History

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See also

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External links

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China medium tanks
ZTZ59	Type 59 · ZTZ59A · ZTZ59D1
ZTZ69	Type 69 · Type 69-IIa
ZTZ88/96	ZTZ88A · ZTZ88B
	ZTZ96 · ZTZ96A · ZTZ96A (P)
ZTZ99	ZTZ99-II · ZTZ99-III
ZTZ99A	ZTZ99A · WZ1001(E) LCT
Export series	MBT-2000 · VT4A1
ROC	CM11
Other	Т-34-85 Gai · Object 122MT "MC"
Bangladesh	T-69 II G
Japan	␗Chi-Ha · ␗Chi-Ha Kai
Pakistan	Al-Khalid-I
USA	␗M4A4 · ␗M4A4 (1st PTG) · ␗M4A1 (75) W · ␗M48A1 · ␗M60A3 TTS
USSR	␗T-34 (1943) · ␗Т-34-85 (S-53) · T-34-85 No.215 · Т-62 №545